I am super duper busy right now in my life. I just went to girls camp last week, I am trying to get all of CA to vote Yes on Prop 8, I am hosting a birthday party for two of my kids tomorrow, I also have a Christmas tree to stress over, three kids starting school in less than a week, potty training a todd-ler, and tons of other stuff that I am just going nuts. So I had such a great plan to stay organized and sane, but it has not worked. I am back in the crazy frenzy. Soon...I hope I can write and fill you all in on our super fast summer.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Two is always better than one...unless it is the first number for your weight?
Yeah, I get to go to the NKOTB concert on Oct 9th in Sacramento. So two full nights of NKOTB fun. I'm going to get my 1990 Tour jacket on; with all my pins, get a spiral perm, peg my pants and go party at Arco Arena in Sac, and HP Pavilion in San Jose. Watch out Boys.....I'm on my way!
Monday, July 7, 2008
2009 YM/YW Theme
The Mutual theme for 2009 is “Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in
conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12). Additional
resource material regarding this theme will be available in the Liahona and New
Era magazines at the beginning of 2009.
I am always excited to find out what next years theme is. I'm not sure why, but I always wonder what process went into choosing something that will guide our Youth.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love Edward. If anyone had told me I would of read a book about vampires I would of laughed in their face. I am not a big reader. I know why, I get OCD about a book and the rest of my very busy life goes to crap. But being on vacation, I thought I had the time. I read this book in two days, amid going to the water slides and other fun events. Everyone who needs to escape from their regular life into a life that reminds you of the love you have for someone, should read this book.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Money Saving Tip #1
I want you all to learn as well as be entertained by my exciting life. So I thought I would start a section called Money saving Tips. Creative Name!!!
Tip #1 Buy your magazine subscriptions on ebay. It is totally legit, at least I think it is. From what I have read on the subject, magazines need to have a certain amount of subscribers. So they let "brokers" sell the subscriptions cheep, so that they can tell their advertisers that they have how ever many thousand subscribers they need. So I have gotten Family Fun for like $3.00 a year, or even less. Real popular magazines may be harder to find. But I love Family Fun and it is by far my most favorite magazine.
Reward $100,000
My garden is no more. Raccoon's have eaten all my lettuce, carrots, and evidently I was best at growing whatever bug it is they like to eat. On-line it says they like grubs. See the picture above...that is a grub. Maybe I can harvest a grub garden and ship them over seas to the "Survivor" producers. Then my grubs would be famous. I could tell all my friends that instead of entering my award winning zucchini in this years fair, and winning a first place ribbon, I could have some super hot guy, or a mostly naked woman, and don't forget the token Mormon, eating MY Grubs!
Anyway, I am sick to death about the work and money put into this project, all just to feed some stinkin' raccoons. Currently my "garden" looks like someone took a rototiller to it. I used to have 17 cute little mounds. Well that's life.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Holiday Over-load
So last year I got really analytical about my Holiday's. I decided that I wasn't having the fun that all the Mom's in the magazines were having with their kids at Christmas--just as an example. Hmmm-maybe that's why it's called Family Fun. Anyway, I decided that it was high time I took the two busiest times of year and micromanaged them. Halloween and Christmas.
So this year I can tell you that I just bought Todd's Halloween Costume on clearance from the Disney store for $9.99. He is going to be Mr. Incredible or Dash (same costume) depending on his mood that day. Samantha has decided to be the tooth fairy, and Ella a fancy Leopard. I have Ella's costume and 12 others just like it, to sell on ebay, but that is another Post entirely. What? You say Halloween is five months away. Well, folks it will be here before you know it. I'll have you know I just planted my pumpkins, so that checks another thing off of the Halloween List! Okay so I feel that my plans for Halloween are going well. I didn't forget about Zachary, he is always a wild card.
Christmas, well, I put the Christmas Cards in the Halloween decorations box this year, so I can start addressing them in October. I have also already decided what the neighbor and friend gifts will be and have purchased most of those. In October I will freeze Pumpkin Rolls, this is what I have decided will be the "party food" that I will bring to all events we are invited to. Not the same roll silly, I will make more than one!
So as you can see I have put some thought into this. I really hate getting all stressed out and feeling like I am not having fun at the Christmas caroling events or the ward party, because I wanted to bring the best dessert I had, and I spent all day searching for ingredients and the recipe. Then only to not have the recipe turn out, or I didn't have time to put the finishing touches on what I had made, and being disappointed. This is the point when I should tell myself--LOWER YOUR EXPECTATIONS. But I don't and so ---I go on. Did I mention, I already have the ornament for the annual ornament exchange party, and I am working on making my handmade labels now.
Well, I don't tell you all of this to show off. Really, I am probably just making you think I am crazier then you first suspected. But I have had a new revelation and I will have to modify my life once more. I have now decided that the most stressful times of the year are Halloween, Christmas, and END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!!!
Ugh, I am dieing here. I almost flipped my lid last night, when Samantha had to write a final paper in English-that she needed a ton of help with, Zachary needed a keyboard picked up for the end of the year talent show, and I needed to email preschool pictures for the preschool graduation party tomorrow. This was all after Samantha informed me I was to bring dessert for six to the Sports Awards night --in three hours (which I went to alone with four kids-because Rick had to work late), make desserts, individually wrapped, for the band bake sale the next day, and I also had to find a babysitter for my little ones so I could go to the 5th grade Bar-B-Q tomorrow. Thank goodness Todd is only 2. This just describes two days of the craziest week since Christmas. Tuesday night I fed the missionaries, got Samantha to Young Women's, went to the City Council Meeting to speak up against the Adult Bookstore going in off the freeway in town, picked up Samantha, and then went Visiting Teaching. All of this between 6-9pm. Okay, I am tired just from reading this. No wonder my colon hurts.
If I had $1 for every baked good I was to provide for the activities in the last two weeks, I could pay my therapy bill for the month. Once again you are saying to yourself--Woman-Why did you volunteer for so much. Well this is the problem with having four children. If you were to just look at what I have done for one child, it isn't that much. But add them all together and you've gone mad. I'll have you know I did buy a roll of cookie dough to make the cookies for tomorrows preschool graduation. I sent rice crispy treats to the bake sale, and I said NO to the desert for 6 at Awards Night. So I do have my limits. So Long story short.......I am going to start planning for the end of school 2009---NOW.
You laugh and mock....but in a few years I will have this down to a science. Whatever, I know that I will never get it right, however, just admitting that I know the storm is coming ads some sort of comfort to me. I guess so I can hold on tight for the ride!
So this year I can tell you that I just bought Todd's Halloween Costume on clearance from the Disney store for $9.99. He is going to be Mr. Incredible or Dash (same costume) depending on his mood that day. Samantha has decided to be the tooth fairy, and Ella a fancy Leopard. I have Ella's costume and 12 others just like it, to sell on ebay, but that is another Post entirely. What? You say Halloween is five months away. Well, folks it will be here before you know it. I'll have you know I just planted my pumpkins, so that checks another thing off of the Halloween List! Okay so I feel that my plans for Halloween are going well. I didn't forget about Zachary, he is always a wild card.
Christmas, well, I put the Christmas Cards in the Halloween decorations box this year, so I can start addressing them in October. I have also already decided what the neighbor and friend gifts will be and have purchased most of those. In October I will freeze Pumpkin Rolls, this is what I have decided will be the "party food" that I will bring to all events we are invited to. Not the same roll silly, I will make more than one!
So as you can see I have put some thought into this. I really hate getting all stressed out and feeling like I am not having fun at the Christmas caroling events or the ward party, because I wanted to bring the best dessert I had, and I spent all day searching for ingredients and the recipe. Then only to not have the recipe turn out, or I didn't have time to put the finishing touches on what I had made, and being disappointed. This is the point when I should tell myself--LOWER YOUR EXPECTATIONS. But I don't and so ---I go on. Did I mention, I already have the ornament for the annual ornament exchange party, and I am working on making my handmade labels now.
Well, I don't tell you all of this to show off. Really, I am probably just making you think I am crazier then you first suspected. But I have had a new revelation and I will have to modify my life once more. I have now decided that the most stressful times of the year are Halloween, Christmas, and END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!!!
Ugh, I am dieing here. I almost flipped my lid last night, when Samantha had to write a final paper in English-that she needed a ton of help with, Zachary needed a keyboard picked up for the end of the year talent show, and I needed to email preschool pictures for the preschool graduation party tomorrow. This was all after Samantha informed me I was to bring dessert for six to the Sports Awards night --in three hours (which I went to alone with four kids-because Rick had to work late), make desserts, individually wrapped, for the band bake sale the next day, and I also had to find a babysitter for my little ones so I could go to the 5th grade Bar-B-Q tomorrow. Thank goodness Todd is only 2. This just describes two days of the craziest week since Christmas. Tuesday night I fed the missionaries, got Samantha to Young Women's, went to the City Council Meeting to speak up against the Adult Bookstore going in off the freeway in town, picked up Samantha, and then went Visiting Teaching. All of this between 6-9pm. Okay, I am tired just from reading this. No wonder my colon hurts.
If I had $1 for every baked good I was to provide for the activities in the last two weeks, I could pay my therapy bill for the month. Once again you are saying to yourself--Woman-Why did you volunteer for so much. Well this is the problem with having four children. If you were to just look at what I have done for one child, it isn't that much. But add them all together and you've gone mad. I'll have you know I did buy a roll of cookie dough to make the cookies for tomorrows preschool graduation. I sent rice crispy treats to the bake sale, and I said NO to the desert for 6 at Awards Night. So I do have my limits. So Long story short.......I am going to start planning for the end of school 2009---NOW.
You laugh and mock....but in a few years I will have this down to a science. Whatever, I know that I will never get it right, however, just admitting that I know the storm is coming ads some sort of comfort to me. I guess so I can hold on tight for the ride!
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